I actually had the date they wanted me wrong, but I would have done it with both the humor and reverence it deserved.

Prioritize the lives of others over your own comfort. Do not worry about being liked while people are dying.

Silence supports the death dealing reality our government’s leaders are creating with bipartisan support.

Make no mistake, those who believe they are innocent in all of this because they haven’t played a part, are not innocent, they are a coward.

“That’s not what our churches are for.” “We are not supposed to be political at church!”

You cannot say that you stand with those on the margins while remaining silent in your pulpits and your pews.

What is worse is that even after things get to a certain point, where laws are being passed to deport black and brown people, that make it more and more illegal to be Trans in America, when we are dropping bombs on children paid for by our tax dollars, it is still largely silent.

Shadow of the Dragon by Sherry Garland. I read it when I was in 5th or 6th grade and still think about it often.

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Thank you! Finding a tradition that I could really bring all of me in expression has been really beautiful and the money I raise will be setting up my online church space and in the future a dinner church model for in person gatherings.

I love this. I think that theological language or concepts that stick with me are because of surprise and wonder. Something being so different than what we are given can have that effect.